Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Samuel Ferré


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 06:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Roy Samuel Ferré

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Non-notable filmmaker. Although notability is asserted by the winning of a Film Festival award, it can be seen that this is not a major film festival, and that this film was one of MANY so honored at this particular festival. Links to IMDB do NOT assert notability. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  18:25, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Per WP:AFTER, IMDB links have now been removed and the article properly sourced. Its weak, but he has received an award at a (moderately important) festival and has particpated in another that won awards.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 07:42, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Please refer to WP:NOTFILM for the guidelines of notability for films. The salient prerequisite here is a "major award" in some aspect of filmmaking.  Being one of 48 films to receive recognition at a non-major film festival doesn't quite seem to meet this criterion.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:39, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Response that exact argument about being "one of many" can be made for every film festival. The salent point HAS been addressed in that it HAS won a major award. Not all film festivals are the highly commercialized and self-serving such as Academy Awards or Grammys, as some actually award quality and not simply popularity or consumer sales.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 15:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * By that argument, all 48 films that were awarded this dubious award should merit Wikipedia pages, even though no one has ever heard of them outside of this festival. I may be mistaken here, but I think the criteria of WP:NOTFILM are a little more stringent than that.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 01:19, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete no reliable sources that discuss the subject of a BLP in any depth at all? No blp.Bali ultimate (talk) 17:35, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:02, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. I don't see how an award which a film festival (and not a particularly prominent one -- we're not talking about Cannes or Sundance here) gives to 48 films in the same category in the same year could be considered a "major award". At this level of film festival, I would tend to think that a film would have to at least win a "best in category"-type award to be considered to have received a "major award". --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:44, 16 April 2009 (UTC)


 * "Comment" His early film, which he disowned, is selling for 99 bucks at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Prusmack-Schroeder-Christian-Hutchinson-Stanton/dp/B000MX6ACW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239959413&sr=8-2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.106.8.56 (talk) 09:11, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

"Comment" hello guys, the information on his page is great, he doesn't plan to update it until after his feature Drive Forever is out at festivals. I just added the Mexico film fest and the DVD on Amazon because his page is still up for deletion. He's done alot more projects, he directed two features by the time he was 21, etc. Thanks alot guys, I appreciate it and wont take any more of your time. Have a great day. Nic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.106.8.56 (talk) 20:13, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


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